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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What race is Kerim's friend?

2. What does the Russian try to do when he can find his passport?

3. Who does Bond interrogate after Kerim's death?

4. Where does Bond go to after the gypsy compound?

5. Who does Grant want to make it look like Bond has killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bond persuade Tatiana to get the code machine?

2. Why does the gypsy hesitate to let Bond into the compound?

3. Describe the fight between Bond and Klebb?

4. Why does Bond think the man is not mentally competent?

5. What does Grant's say is the Russian's plot?

6. Why does the gypsy allow Bond to stay and see the fight?

7. How does Bond kill Grant?

8. Why does Kerim not trust Tatiana?

9. What impression does Tatiana make on Bond when he sees her for the first time?

10. What happens to the Russians when they reach the Turkish border?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fleming worked as an intelligence officer during World War II, adhering to the rule that writers should write about what they know. Do you think it is obvious that Fleming knows his subject? What difference do you think it makes to the story? Are there any moments where you think Fleming does not portray a character or setting so well? What affect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Bond's character across the whole series.

1) How does Fleming develop Bond's character across the whole series?

2) What new elements does FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE add to Bond's character?

Essay Topic 3

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence? Are there are character that would think twice before shooting or hitting someone?

2) Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that Fleming portrays?

3) How do the students think the public reacted to the novel's violence when it was first published? How would the public react to such a book today?

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